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Right where “American Idol” left a void in reality television for singing competitions, “Duets” was right there to pick up the slack. Fresh off of crowning Phillip Phillips the season eleven winner of the show, the network offered up its latest reality singing show, “Duets”. Did you watch?

The show has four mentors, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Robin Thicke and Jennifer Nettles who work closely with their proteges in order to win the competition. Each week, they sing live with their contestants and they then vote on who has the best voice.

Thursday, the show was left with the contestants in this order of how well they performed: J Rome, Johnny Gray, Alexis Foster, John Glosson, Olivia Chisholm, Bridget Carrington, Jordan Meredith and Jason Farol.

Did you watch the show? What did you think of the premise? Are you likely to continue watching? Or are you suffering from reality TV fatigue? Hit us up in the comments and let us know your thoughts.

“American Idol” alum and “Duets” coach Kelly Clarkson rose to fame with her songs about breakups and relationships, “Since U Been Gone”, “Stronger” and “Miss Independent”. Now that she has a boyfriend, it’s getting harder for the “Idol” winner to write songs about breakup tracks. She said that her new material might surprise fans because it’s more upbeat.

In a new interview, she said, “It is killing me. I’m trying to write a tough song and it is coming out like butterflies and rainbows. It is ruining my creativity. I’m writing all this happy stuff.”

Currently, Kelly is dating a talent manager by the name of Brandon Blackstock. She has revealed that her schedule is lighter now and leaves room for a relationship. She said, “People used to ask, ‘Why are you single?’ and I’d say, ‘It is not in my schedule.’ I’m in a relationship right now and I have time for it. I never used to.”

She added, “With my new stuff, people are going to be, like, ‘What the hell happened to you.’ It has been really difficult. I love it. It’s an awesome problem to have.”

On tonight’s season finale episode of “Dancing With The Stars”, Kelly performed her new song “Dark Side”, mixed with her song “Stronger”. What did you think of her performance?

Season one American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson is once again denying rumors that she is a lesbian. Will the speculation ever die down? She has denied the rumors once before, but for some reason they keep popping up.

After her awesome Super Bowl performance, Kelly has talked about getting away from music for a bit. She has also previously said that she has found it hard to find time for love with her hectic schedule. In her most recent interview with Now magazine, Kelly says that she actually doesn’t mind her single status.

She said, “People are really concerned about my relationship status. When I tell people I’m happy being single, they don’t believe me. They say, ‘You have to be miserable being alone.’”

In the interview, she also took on the lesbian rumors. She added, “I’m not gay. If I was, I’d say, ‘I love women!’ That’s why it drives me nuts. But I feel like even if I did say it, people would be like, ‘You’re just trying to do that to win the gay audience.’”

We don’t care whether she’s gay or not, just as long as she’s cranking out awesome music for all of us to enjoy. Go Kelly!

Photo Credit: Tuukka Jantti, PacificCoastNews.com

Season one American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson performed the National Anthem prior to the Super Bowl game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. She performed the song beautifully — we loved it!

You go girl! She didn’t over-sing it and I’m also digging her bangs…Sleek!

Watch the video:

Good job, Kelly! Are you watching the game? If so, who are you rooting for? Hit the comments and let us know!

Recently, Kelly endorsed Republican candidate Ron Paul for the Presidency. Read the story of that HERE.

Country music singer Blake Shelton stepped in when Kelly Clarkson was attacked for her political opinions. When she told her Twitter followers that she was supporting Ron Paul, half of them attacked her with messages and hateful comments.

She told her followers that she would vote for him if he was the party’s candidate. I would vote for Ron Paul, too, if I was 18. So you’re not alone, Kelly.

On a few of her social networking sites she said, “I am really sorry if I have offended anyone. Obviously that was not my intent… I like Ron Paul because he believes in less government and letting the people make the decisions and mold our country. That is all.”

Later she added, “Man my eyes have been opened to so much hate tonight. If y’all ever disagree with something I say please don’t feel the need to attack me. I will listen to what you say and any articles or viewpoints you have when you say it with respect…”

Blake Shelton immediately came to her defense, saying, “@kelly_clarkson I love you!!!! I’ll listen to your view points anytime. And I really wouldn’t mind throat punching someone for you either!!”

She replied to him saying, “@blakeshelton thanks :)”

American Idol season one winner Kelly Clarkson has revealed that she wants a family! Four children, to be exact!

In a new interview with The Daily Beast (via People), she said, “Hopefully I’m married with four kids. I love what I do right now, but I live a very single life. I’m enjoying that, but I don’t plan on doing this forever.”

She also revealed that she doesn’t want to make music forever and once she settles down, she will concentrate on family. She revealed, “I don’t know if I’ll retire, but it won’t be as full-on. Obviously things will supersede music.”

People has more:

Perhaps she’s taken some inspiration from her American Idol pal, Clay Aiken, who has a 4-year-old son Parker and has since stopped recording new music.

“I haven’t seen Parker since he [was] a baby,” Clarkson says. “Clay sends me little updated pictures. That kid is freaking adorable.”

She talked about being single, saying, “I haven’t been in a bad relationship in years.”

She added that she wouldn’t consider online dating as a last resort, either. She said, “Oh, God no! ‘Oh hey, I’m Kelly Clarkson, want to go on a date?’ That wouldn’t work for me, unless I lied to them, and I’m not going to lie to someone off the bat.”

I’m sure she’ll find love when she stops looking for it. Isn’t that the way these things always work out?

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures

At 29-years-old, American Idol season one winner Kelly Clarkson has revealed that she’s never been in love!

She claims that she has never found a guy who was worth breaking down the emotional wall that she has up, but one day, she’s sure she will meet her perfect man.

In a new interview, she said, “I’ve never experienced certain things, and I think that’s because I have this side of me that is shut off. Because I haven’t found anybody yet to open to that I feel like, ‘Okay, you’re worth breaking down that wall for.’ I’ve never found that.”

Sad!

She went on to reveal, “It’s really hard to date when I’m on four different continents in a week. Even if I do meet a great guy, I ain’t never gonna see him. There’s only so much you can do with Skype!”

Any takers for Kelly? Guys?

Singer Kelly Clarkson admitted that she only auditioned for American Idol because she needed the money to pay for her electric bill!

She said that she didn’t consider herself worthy of being a pop singer and only thought she would end up as a backup singer. She said, “My goal was just to be a backup singer. I never intended to be in front.”

She went on to reveal, “But then my apartment in Los Angeles burned down and I had to move home, I had no money and I had to sleep in my car for three days. I just auditioned for this thing that said they’d pay you, and it happened to be American Idol. I didn’t go into it thinking this would happen, I went into it thinking it might pay my electricity bill.”

She added, “Literally my career is happenstance. I work very hard, but I always wonder how in the world I got here.”

We’re just happy that she ended up where she is today. She’s got a lot of talent and we love her voice!

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American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson has joked about punching Adele in the face, because she’s so talented.

She revealed that she’s envious of Adele because she’s just “too good” and no one can compete with the talent she possesses.

She joked, “I want to punch Adele in the face! She is just too good. I saw the BRIT Awards and I was just bawlin’, just watching her on Youtube, in a little box this big.”

Kelly also revealed that she wants to work with Miranda Lambert, whom she says she’s currently stalking. In an interview with the Guardian, she said, “Miranda is one of my favorite artists. Have I thought about collaborating with her? Uhh – I might think about it every day! I run into her all the time and I swear to God she thinks I’m stalking her and she hates me.”

She added, “Every time I run into her, usually I’m intoxicated and I’m slurring, ‘We need to sing a song!’ at her. She says she wants to do it, but every time she has an album coming out, I do too, so we’re both too busy. Or she’s sidestepping me.”

Photo Credit: Fame Pictures

Euroops has posted their top fifty most popular women on the web and the list is pretty extensive.

It includes Kelly Clarkson, Amy Winehouse, Paris Hilton and Jennifer Aniston, among many many others. What was so funny about this list is number seven. Justin Bieber!

It must confirm the rumors that he really is a teenage lesbian! I kid, I kid. But it’s still funny.

Kelly Clarkson was attacked by an anti-tobacco campaign, after they’ve found her Jakarta concert ads supporting L.A. Lights cigarettes.

She has since responded, taking to her official blog to say this:

So ….my morning began with finding out that I am all over billboards, tv ads, and other media formats along side a tobacco company who unbeknownst to me is sponsoring my Jakarta date on my current tour. I was not made aware of this and am in no way an advocate or an ambassador for youth smoking. I’m not even a smoker, nor have I ever been. Unfortunately, my only option at this point was to cancel the show in order to stop the sponsorship. However, I can’t justify penalizing my fans for someone else’s oversight. This is a lose-lose situation for me and I am not happy about it but the damage has been done and I refuse to cancel on my fans. I think the hardest part of situations like this is getting personally attacked for something I was completely unaware of and being used as some kind of political pawn.

Kelly

Either way, she was screwed, so I can’t blame her for going on with the show. What do you think?

Kelly Clarkson has been attacked by the media over being sponsored by a cigarette company for her Jakarta concert on April 29, 2010.

The company has splashed their L.A. Lights logo all over the posters advertising the show, which has anti-smoking activists in an outrage.

The same thing happened to Alicia Keys in Jakarta in 2008, but she insisted the logo be removed from any ads featuring her likeness.

Matt Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids says, “If Kelly Clarkson goes ahead with the concert, she is by choice being a spokesman for the tobacco industry and helping them to market to children. She has the power now to turn this situation around and to send a clear message to Indonesian young people, and frankly, to the young people of the world.”

Adam Lambert has confirmed that his next single from his gold-certified album, “For Your Entertainment” will be “If I Had You”.

The song follows his recent debut of “Whataya Want From Me”, which is still going strong.

Also, fellow former American Idol contestant, Kelly Clarkson has also revealed her next choice. She’s releasing “All I Ever Wanted” as her next single from her album of the same name. The single will reportedly begin radio airplay in March.

Via The Prophet Blog

Despite all of the negative criticism targeted at four-time Grammy Award winning country singer Taylor Swift, her label head, Scott Borchetta, says that she is the “voice of a generation.” Wait, what?

Firstly, while performing on the Grammy stage, she sang terribly off-key and I think she received more awards than she deserved. Her performance alongside legend Stevie Nicks was just unbearable. Apparently I wasn’t the only one who felt that way. (continue reading…)

Demi Lovato said that she was so happy over meeting “American Idol” sensation Kelly Clarkson. She said that she was so excited that she asked to hug her idol three times.

Demi said, “I did meet Kelly Clarkson one time and I gave her three hugs, three. Once when I met her and then I was saying goodbye and I gave her another one… and then she was walking away and I was like, ‘Can I have one more?’ She’s my idol, so getting to meet her was incredible. I’ve loved her since the first episode of American Idol, so when I got to meet her I was ecstatic. You know, I never looked up to Kelly Clarkson because of her being perfect. I looked up to her because no matter what she went through, she had class and I feel like she stayed talented. She never was arrested or anything like that and you didn’t see her in the tabloids for dating a lot of people. She really kept low and had a really great career and I feel like, for me, I don’t feel pressure as a role model. I just want to make sure that no matter what situation I’m in I come out of it a stronger person.”

Kelly is not a bad role model to have. She keeps everything quiet, but speaks up when she needs to be heard. I like her bunches. I hope she puts out a rock record.

Kelly Clarkson talked about her upcoming album release to Billboard and said that the album is “all over the place” between country, pop and acoustic.

According to the ProphetBlog:

“We have several songs already penned for the next album. I actually just was e-mailing a couple of writers and producers that I’m working with for the next album, and they’re everywhere, there’s everything from beats to more singer-songwriter country stuff to major pop stuff so it’s all over the place right now. I have no idea what it’s going to sound like.”

I don’t like the idea of having her go in the direction of country, because I really like her music. That would distance me from her. What say you?

The 2009 American Music Awards are underway and we’ve already had some pretty awesome performances. Held at the Nokia Theater, the awards show commenced with an eight-minute performance by Janet Jackson.

So far the greatest performance of the evening goes to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ song, “Empire State Of Mind”. Also performing tonight were Daughtry, Shakira, Kelly Clarkson, Keith Urban, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige, Carrie Underwood, the Black Eyed Peas, and more.

My favorite performance of the entire night was Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” and “Speechless”. To separate the songs, she broke the glass wall that encased her piano. It was so over the top and great, definitely the best performance of the night.

And the winners: (continue reading…)

Kanye West acted like a total fool tonight, getting up on stage and grabbing the mic away from Taylor Swift. She won the Best Female Video award and was on stage, giving her acceptance speech.

Kanye took the mic from her and proclaimed that Beyonce put out the best video on the planet. Poor Taylor, just stood there, not knowing what was happening. Beyonce later accepted her award for Video Of The Year and gave Taylor the stage to finish her thoughts. So classy, go Beyonce! (continue reading…)

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Joe Jonas is set to take on judging duties on American Idol’s upcoming season. In the chair that was once filled by Paula Abdul, it was rumored that Victoria Beckham, Kirstie Alley, Cyndi Lauper, and Kelly Clarkson were all set to appear in her place, and that still may happen.

We’ve heard confirmation on Beckham, but Clarkson is still up in the air.

Are you Jonas fans happy?

It’s a war of the songs now. Kelly Clarkson has just debuted her new video for “Already Gone”, which we even noticed having a very similar sound to Beyonce’s “Halo”.

Now, we’ve just found out that there’s a reason for this. Apparently, Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote “Already Gone”, gave the same beat to Beyonce for her song. (continue reading…)

Kelly Clarkson’s new video for “Already Gone” has just leaked. Check it out below.

I love the song and the video has a classic feel to it. The song reminds me of Beyonce’s “Halo”, but done much better. (continue reading…)

Kelly Clarkson’s single cover for “Already Gone” has just hit the internet and we’ve also got some promotional shots from the video for you today.

For those who love Kelly, like myself, we can’t wait for more! Click ‘more’ to see all of the shots! (continue reading…)

It’s round two (or three?) in the battle between celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and the Black Eyed Peas. More specifically, Lavandeira is now suing the Peas’ manager, Polo Molina, in a civil suit filed today.

Lavandeira is suing for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. He is seeking unspecified damages in excess of $25,000. In the suit, Lavandeira is reportedly seeking to protect his rights to free speech and claims that Molina attacked him because he made critical comments about the Black Eyed Peas’ new album. (continue reading…)